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JESSICA SHEPHERD IS A BOARD-CERTIFIED OB/GYN who spent years working in hospitals. She has been a guest on national programs such as Today Show and The Dr. Oz Show and has written for Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Essence and more. In 2020, she shifted away from hospital practices, wanting to focus on women’s holistic health. Shepherd opened Sanctum Med FEBRUARY 2022
and Wellness last July, bringing several other specialists to help achieve her vision. “I’m an M.D. But we allow people to experience all the other differences of health and wellness,” Shepherd says. There’s a licensed Eastern medicine doctor who prescribes Chinese medicine and does acupuncture and cupping. He specializes in sports injuries as well as reproductive medicine and infertility issues.
